Free will: an illusion

Before moving on, I would like to suggest an alternative.Is it not possible, since God is all knowing that he could see all possibilities the extend outward from the current timeline? If anything, all that is required for this to exist is for you to increase the power of God, which I don't believe any Xian would have an issue with.Assuming there is an all powerful god, I don't have any issues at all with assuming that he has a complete knowledge of the full 4D universe and all potential permutations of it caused by free will.The only thing that God doesn't know, is what choices we will make. However, he is fully aware of all possible outcomes of those choices.

If this is what is being debated, then I have to agree with you 100%. If someone (be it God or anyone else) knows the exact outcome of a future event, then that event is not subject to free will.Edited by Codegate, : No reason given.

From a purely literal definition of the word, absolutely. In order for 'free will' to exist there must be a small exception clause.God knows every possible path that we may take in our lifetimes. That is quite omniscient in my opinion. The exception is, because God gave us the gift of 'free will' he is unable to know which of those paths we will follow. Perhaps because God is also omnipotent he decided to permanently remove his ability to know which choice we would make.As I think about it, assuming that the Xian god exists this isn't that far of a stretch. Omnipotent and omniscient except where he choose to hide our choices due to free will.This whole thing has been an interesting thought experiment. Thanks for bringing it up.Edited by Codegate, : No reason given.